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becauseὅτιthisοὗτοςson of mineὁ υἱός μουwasἦνdeadνεκρὸςandκαὶhas come back to life;ἀνέζησενhe wasἦνlostἀπολωλὼςandκαὶhas been found.’εὑρέθηAndκαὶthey beganἤρξαντοto celebrate.εὐφραίνεσθαι
Luke 15:24
Study it in the app“because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.”
Jesus paints a father who runs to meet the son coming homeWho God IsThe father sees his son far off, runs and embraces himTurning back to GodThe father welcomes the son who returned and throws a feastForgivenessThe father orders a feast because his lost son has come backJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
Luke 15:24, word by word
- son of mineυἱόςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- deadνεκρὸςnekros
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekros” appears- has come back to lifeἀνέζησενanezēsen
come to life again
Live again, come back to life.
Where else “anezēsen” appears- lostἀπολωλὼςapolōlōs
be lost
Gone astray, like the sheep that wandered off.
Where else “apolōlōs” appears- has been found.’εὑρέθηheurethē
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurethē” appears- they beganἤρξαντοērxanto
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “ērxanto” appears- to celebrateεὐφραίνεσθαιeuphrainesthai
celebrate
To feast and rejoice together.
Where else “euphrainesthai” appears
The context
23and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate,
24 · This verse (above)
25Now his older son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
To study Luke 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does the father do when he sees the younger son returning from far away, and what does the older son do when he finds out? (vv. 20-30)
2. What it means
The three parables are about something lost that is found. What do the shepherd, the woman and the father have in common? (vv. 4-10, 20-24)
3. How I live it
The older son was angry about the feast, and his father pleaded with him to come in. With whom do you find it hard to rejoice today? (vv. 28-32)